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STAXK OF MAINB 

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT 



SPM CIFICA TIONS 



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SCHOOL BUILDING 



MILLER & MAYO 

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SPECIFICATIONS. 



Of the labor and materials required in the erection and com- 
pletion of a Model Four Roofn School Building, in accordance 
with the drawings which accompany this specification, and under 
the direction of a superintendent duly authorized. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 

All the work described in these specifications or shown on the 
drawings, and ^11 the work necessary for the perfect completion 
of the work so described or shown, is to be executed in a thor- 
oughly substantial and workmanlike manner. 

All work and materials are to be of the best description unless 
otherwise herein distinctly described. 

All the work shown on the drawings is intended to be correct 
according to the scale at which the drawing is made ; but in case 
of any discrepancy in the figures the superintendent shall be 
called upon for his decision before the work involved is under- 
taken, and the contractor shall be liable for any extra expense 
incurred unless this precaution is complied with, but figured di- 
mensions and detail drawings are in all cases to be followed 
though they diflfer from the scale measure. Any work con- 
structed not in accordance with the detail drawings must be 
removed and replaced at the contractor's expense. 

The contractor is to give his personal superintendence and 
direction to the work, and he is to furnish all transportation, la- 
bor, materials, scaffolding, and appliances needful for perform- 
ing his work in the best manner, according to the true intent 
and meaning, either expressed or implied, of these specifications 
and the drawings which accompany them. 

In the absence of the contractor, notices or instructions given 
to the foreman in charge, shall be considered the same as if 
given to the contractor. 



The contractor shall be responsible for any accidents result- 
ing from either contract or extra work under his charge ; make 
good any damage, injury, or delay caused by him to other con- 
tractors, or to the person and property of the public, which he 
or his workmen may occasion. 

The contractor shall at all times cover and protect his work 
and the materials to be used therein, from injury by the weather 
or otherwise, and shall repair and make good any damage thus 
occurring. 

The contractor is at his own expense to amend and make good 
any defects from settlements or other faults in his work due to 
defective or improper materials or workmanship, which may 
appear within twelve months after the completion of the 
building. 

The contractor is to do all the work necessary for the perfect 
completion of his work, rectify any failure resulting from it, 
and maintain firm and secure the whole of it, including altera- 
tions and additions should any be made. 

The fact that any defective materials or labor have been over- 
looked or unseen by the superintendent during his various visits 
shall have no bearing on the final settlement. 

The contractor shall not make sub-contracts except with 
parties satisfactory to the owner. 

The contractor is at all times to carry on his work with all 
expedition consistent with thorough and good workmanship. 

The contractor shall remove all dirt and rubbish resulting 
from his work, from time to time, and shall make the premises 
neat and tidy. 

No bills for alterations or additions will be allowed unless the 
same be ordered in writing at a price agreed upon before the 
work involved is undertaken. 

SURVEY. 

The contractor shall employ a competent engineer to put up 
the benches for the corners and angles of the building and give 
him all necessary levels during the construction of the work. 
The contractor shall be held responsible for the correctness of 
the same. 



EXCAVATION. 

Excavate the entire space covered by the building, to the 
depth indicated on the plans and shown by the various sections. 
The excavations to extend beyond the walls to a sufficient dis- 
tance to allow the same to be seen and left open until the work 
is accepted. Excavate for all footings so that they shall come 
below the cellar bottom. Excavate for the rollway. Excavate 
for the foundation for the porch and outside steps, to extend 
down 4 feet below grade. The material from the excavations 
required for the sub-grading shall be dumped on the lot as 
directed. Any superfluous material not required for the sub- 
grading shall be removed from the lot by the contractor. 

Note: If any ledge should appear in the course of the exca- 
vating, any blasting that might be required shall be done at the 
expense of the owner. 

BACK FILLING. 

After the walls are built and the mortar has set and the work 
has been accepted, the trenches shall be back filled with earth 
taken from the excavations, to be well tamped every foot in 
height. 

CELLAR BOTTOM. 

The cellar bottom shall be levelled ofif with gravel and thor- 
oughly tamped and puddled ready to receive the concrete. 

GRADING. 

Level off the material from the excavations around the build- 
ing as may be required. The material from the excavations is 
to be used for the sub-grading, but the balance of the grading 
will be done bv the owner. 



MASON WORK. 



CEMENT. 



All cement specified hereafter shall be perfectly fresh Port- 
land cement and shall be a brand which has been accepted by the 
American Society of Civil Engineers. 

LIMB. 

All lime used in the mason work shall be the best Rockland 
lime. It shall be perfectly fresh and of a brand acceptable to 
the superintendent. 

SAND. 

All sand shall be clean and sharp and used in proper propor- 
tions as directed. 

FOUNDATIONS. 

All the foundation walls, including- the foundations for the 
entrance porch and the foundation for the rollway shall be 
built according- to the dimensions given on the plans. The 
foundation walls shall be built of good, sound, large-sized stone, 
acceptable to the superintendent. The wall shall be well bonded 
with headers or through stone running the full width of the 
wall, and the corners shall be bonded with long stones running 
into the wall alternately each way. The pinners shall be thor- 
oughly bedded in mortar when' they are set, and the interstices 
shall be filled solid full of mortar to make a full mortar wall. 
The inside face of the walls shall be smooth faced and perpen- 
dicular and the outside surface shall have no prominent project- 
ing stones or cavities. The contractor shall obtain from the 
superintendent the location of the drain pipes and shall leave 
openings for the same, and if he omits to do this he shall cut 
through the walls where it is required at his own expense. 
Leave any other openings in the walls that may be required. 
No work shall be covered or concealed until examined by the 
superintendent. Bottom stones of the foundation to be bedded 
in mortar. Stones to have good beds and builds and square 
faces. Top of the walls to be brought up level to receive the 



brickwork. The mortar shall be made in the proportion of one 
cask of cement to one cask of lime. The lime to be slaked at 
least twenty-four hours before the cement is added. Sand to 
be added as directed by the superintendent. 

FOOTINGS. 

Set stone footings of the dimensions shown on the plans under 
the partition walls, piers, columns and chimney. The top of 
the footings to be set below cellar bottom. The stones shall 
be through stones to run the full width in one piece. The foot- 
ings shall be split for a fairly even thickness and roughly sized 
on the edges. Leave openings in the footing courses for drain 
pipes, as directed. All footing stones shall be bedded in mortar. 

CONCRETE FLOOR. 

The entire basement shall have a concrete floor. Concrete 
shall be three inches thick and shall be composed of one part 
Portland cement to three parts of clean, coarse gravel ; all to 
be evenly smoothed and sloped to gutters made in the concrete. 
Make trenches in the concrete for soil pipes and return steam 
pipes where required. No concrete shall be laid until the plumb- 
ing is completed. Cover the entire concreting with cement 
mastic to make a smooth job. This mastic shall be mixed in 
the proportions of one part Portland cement to three parts of 
sand, to be put down before the concrete is thoroughly set in 
order that it will not scale. 

BRICKWORK. 

Build all brickwork shown on the drawings of good, hard, 
straight, merchantable brick; no soft or light colored brick will 
be accepted or allowed to remain on the grounds. All brick- 
work shall be laid in one-half cement mortar; this mortar to be 
made in the proportion of one cask of cement to one cask of 
lime, mixed with sand in proportions as directed ; the lime to 
be slaked at least twenty-four hours before the cement is added. 
Bricks to be laid to a Hne. All brickwork to be well bonded 
together and to have a course of headers every eighth course. 
All bricks to be thoroughly wet before being laid. Turn ring 
arches over all door openings. All brickwork to be laid plumb 



and true. All outside courses exposed to view to be laid in 
red mortar. Brick for the outside of the underpinning shall 
be the best, carefully culled for an even color, and laid straight 
and plumb with small joints. Brickwork in the basement to 
be jointed to give a good smooth job. Leave openings in the 
walls and chimney where required. Carefully point and joint 
the entire work exposed to view and clean down with diluted 
acid. Walls shall be kept covered and carefully protected from 
rain. Furnish and set iron cleanout doors and thimbles in the 
chimney as directed. Plaster the chimney flues and plaster the 
chimney outside where not exposed to view. Build in anchor 
bolts into the rollway walls to secure the wooden combings. 

ASSISTANCE. 

The mason shall render assistance in cutting and jobbing that 
may be required by other contractors in connection with the 
heating and plumbing. 

FLASHING. 

The mason shall provide and build in sheet lead flashing about 
the chimney, and in all other places necessary to insure tight- 
ness. 

IRON. 

Furnish and set all the columns in the basement as shown 
with 8" x 8" plates at the top' and 12" x 12" plates at the bot- 
tom; plates shall be either screwed to the columns with flanges 
or shall be cast with hubs to fit into the columns. Columns 
shall be extra heavy wrought iron pipe columns, turned off true 
al each end, and shall be of the sizes noted on the plans. Fur- 
nish 8" X 12" iron cleanout doors for each chimney flue. Fur- 
nish any other iron that may be required. 

GRANITE SILLS. 

Furnish granite sills for the basement windows. These sills 
shall have straightened beds, quarry faces and pene hammered 
washes. 



LATHING. 

Lath the entire building, inchiding the basement stairways, 
on the walls and ceilings. Laths to be best spruce laths, free 
from sap or bark, laid to the thickness of a lath apart; to break 
joints every eighth lath on the walls and every sixth lath on 
the ceilings. No perpendicular lathing will be allowed. Lath 
behind all dado work and beliind all blackboards. All lathing 
to extend to the floors. 

PLASTERING. 

Plaster all portions lathed as specified heretofore. All plas- 
tering to be best two coat work and in all cases to be carried to 
the floors with proper grounds for all finish, dado, blackboards, 
etc. Lathing and plastering to fill ^" grounds. First coat 
to be of the best Rockland lime, clean sharp sand and long cat- 
tle hair, mixed to the proper proportions. The lime to be slaked 
at least ten days before it is to be used. The hair to be wet and 
threshed and thoroughly mixed in ; the hair to be mixed in 
after the mortar is cool. Use 13 pounds of hair to each cask 
of lime. The first coat shall be appHed in a careful and thor- 
ough manner and floated well up to the grounds. All angles 
shall be clearly defined and all surfaces made smooth. The sec- 
ond coat shall be a skim coat of the best Hme putty and clean 
sharp sand prepared as specified above. Skim coat to be put 
on without jointings after the first coat is dry. All corners and 
angles shall be made perfectly plumb and true. No skim coat 
will be required behind the blackboards and dado. The con- 
tractor shall take care of the windows and other openings dur- 
ing the. time of plastering, with cloth screens and protect the 
same from injury. Screens shall be furnished by the carpenter. 
The contractor shall do all patching necessary after the com- 
pletion of the carpenter work and shall protect the window sills 
during the time of plastering and keep them in perfect condi- 
tion. If any heat should be necessary to dry out the plaster- 
ing it shall be furnished at the expense of the contractor. 



CARPENTER WORK. 



FRAMING. 



Frame the building in the manner shown with sound, straight, 
square edged, straight grained, merchantable timber, sawed to 
the dimensions given on the plans. Use hard pine timber where 
so indicated on the plans. The frame to be put together in the 
firmest manner well pinned and spiked. 

IRON WORK. 

The carpenter shall furnish all bolts, rods, straps, and any 
other iron which may be reasonably required for the perfect 
completion of the framing. Furnish and set the steel beams 
in the ceiling to support the ventilator. 

BRIDGING. 

Bridge the floors as shown. To be cut in double, herring 
bone fashion, and to run in a continuous line and well nailed, 
when the beams are put in position, with ten penny nails. The 
bridging shall be 2" x 3". 

UNDER FLOORS. 

Lay under floors throughout the building with good, mer- 
chantable ]/s" floor boards, free from large or loose knots and 
shake, mill planed on one side -and thoroughly nailed at every 
bearing with ten penny nails. Headings to run by. Boards 
may be either spruce or hemlock. 

WALL AND ROOF BOARDING. 

Boards on the walls and roof shall be good, merchantable %" 
covering boards, free from large or loose knots and shake, mill 
planed on one side, laid close and firmly nailed with ten penny 
nails. Boards may be either spruce or hemlock. 

OUTSIDE STUDDING. 

Outside studding shall be 2" x 6" and placed for four nail- 
ings to a lath. To be well spiked at head and foot. 



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INSIDE STUDDING. 

Inside studding to be 2" x 6" ; to be double and trussed at the 
doors, set for four nailings to a lath, carefully straightened, 
well nailed at head and foot and capped with 4" x 6" hard pine 
partition cap. All to be bridged three times in the height with 
block bridging. 

FURRING. 

Furring strips for ceilings to be %" x 2>^", set for four nail- 
ings to a lath, well levelled, straightened, and thoroughly nailed 
at every bearing with ten penny nails. Do all other furring 
necessary. 

GROUNDS. 

Put in 94 " grounds about all doors, windows, under the bases, 
and dado, behind the blackboards, and wherever necessary to 
make good and firm work. 

ANGLE BEADS. 

Put up metal angle beads where required. To be of a make 
which is acceptable to the superintendent. They shall be put 
up straight and plumb and in one piece. 

CLAPBOARDS. 

All walls shall be clapboarded. Clapboards to be clear spruce, 
laid not over four inches to the weather and well nailed with 
five penny cut box nails. The entrance porch to be clapboarded 
both inside and outside. Clapboards shall be mitered on the 
corners as shown. 

SHINGLES. 

Cover all roofs with clear cedar shingles. To be laid 5" to 
the weather and well nailed with cut nails. Valleys to be laid 
close. Hips to be double shingled "Boston" hips as shown. 



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FLASHING. 

Do all flashing against and over all doors, windows, around 
the edge of the ventilator roof, and in all other places necessary 
to insure tightness, with best heavy zinc and lead. Chimney 
to be flashed by shingling in wide flashing to turn up under the 
lead flashing of the mason. Valleys to have wide zinc flashing. 
Building to be warranted tight for one year. 

TIN. 

The roof of the porch shall be covered with tin in the best 
manner. The tin shall be IX with heavy coating. Form a 
gutter around the edge with outlets at each side having con- 
ductors as shown. 

SHEATHING PAPER. 

All the walls shall be covered with the best heavy rosin sized 
sheathing paper of a brand acceptable to the superintendent. 
Sheathing paper to be well lapped and to run well under all 
finish. 

OUTSIDE FINISH. 

All the outside finish shall be good, merchantable Eastern pine 
stock acceptable to the superintendent ; small tight knots will be 
allowed. Finish to be thoroughly seasoned, worked according 
to details, strongly put together and immediately primed. To 
be left smooth with all nails set. No finish to be put up unless 
thoroughly dry and in dry weather. The outside casing for 
the windows to be i^" thick. 

PORCH. 

Porch ceiling to be clear North Carolina pine sheathing; to 
be mill planed, matched and beaded ; in narrow even widths ; to 
be well seasoned and thoroughly blind nailed. Ceiling to have 
a heavy bed moulding around the edge. The porch to have 
floor and steps of good quality, rift, hard pine, ]4," thick. Floors 
to be in 4" widths laid open and well nailed. Steps to have 
moulded nosings. Steps to be framed on plank stringers bear- 
ing on brick piers at the bottom and firmly secured. All finish 
to be made according: to details. 



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WINDOW FRAMES. 

All the window frames shall be made strictly according to 
details, of clear pine stock with pulley stiles and parting beads 
of hard pine. All pulley stiles to be i]/^" thick. All frames 
shall be made with weight pockets and the stiles to be fitted 
with 2" bronzed faced steel axle pulleys. The windows in the 
school rooms shall have two sets of double hung sash in each 
frame. Window frames shall have outside casings i%" 
thick. Cellar window frames shall be furnished by the car- 
penter. All frames to be primed as soon as made and protected 
from injury after being set. Pulley stiles to be oiled when 
made. 

SASH. 

All sash to be made in first class manner of best quality thor- 
oughly seasoned pine, coped and lipped at the meeting rail. To 
be hung with some standard sash cord and round cast iron 
weights to properly balance the sash. All sash to have heavy 
meeting rails and 2%" bottom rails. There will be two sets of 
sash, double hung, in each frame, in each school room. Fur- 
nish double sash for each frame in the basement ; basement sash 
to be hung to tip in, with hinges and fastenings complete. All 
sash shall be primed with white lead on the outside and stained 
and shellaced on the inside as soon as made. 

GLASS. 

All glass shall be Am.erican glass of the best grade, free from 
imperfections. Glass to be bedded in putty and firmly pinned 
into the sash. The windows in the girls' basement and boys' 
basement shall be glazed with maze glass. 

DOOR FRAMES. 

All door frames shall be made of clear North Carolina pine. 
Frames to be rebated plank frames. Frames to be made of 
thoroughly seasoned stock ; to be set plumb and firmly secured. 

DOORS. 

All doors shall be clear cypress. Doors to be of the size, 
thickness and stvle shown on the drawings. Inside doors shall 



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have five panels and will be moulded on both sides. Outside 
entrance doors will be special style and will have raised mould- 
ings and glass panel as shown. All doors shall have hard wood 
rubber mounted hunters. 

UPPER FLOORS. 

Lay upper floors throughout the building. The upper floors 
shall be clear birch. The floor boards shall be %" thick, planed, 
matched in 2%" widths, thoroughly kiln dried, laid butt joints 
and thoroughly blind nailed. All heading joints to run by and 
to be cut plumb and square. No short lengths will be allowed. 
All the upper floors shall be planed and scraped to a uniform 
surface for first class work. Protect the floors, after they are 
laid, with building paper. 

FLOOR FELT. 

Furnish and lay heavy floor felt between all upper and under 
floors. This felt shall be of a brand which is approved by the 
superintendent. 

INSIDE FINISH. 

All the inside finish throughout the building shall be clear 
North Carolina pine; to be thoroughly kiln dried, worked ac- 
cording to details and put on in a thorough and workmanlike 
manner, neatly secured and in one piece where possible. All 
finish to be sandpapered with the grain to a smooth surface. 

STAIRS. 

Build all the stairs as shown on the plans with 2^" plank 
stringers, about 12" apart, put up in the most thorough manner. 
All the stairs will have %'' hard pine risers, and i^" clear 
birch treads with nosings. Posts to be 5" x 5" with paneled 
sides and neat moulded caps. Posts and rails shall be clear 
North Carolina pine. Rails will be moulded from heavy stock 
and will be rebated to receive the sheathing, the sheathing under 
the rail to be moulded to correspond with dado and to have 
moulded skirting boards on the outside. Each run of stairs 
shall have moulded wall rails hung on heavy bronzed metal 
brackets of approved pattern. 



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DOOR FINISH. 

All doors shall have moulded architraves with heavy back 
bands i^" thick. 

WINDOW FINISH. 

All windows shall have moulded architraves with heavy back 
bands i^" thick. To have stool caps with moulded aprons 
under. 

DADO. 

All the rooms throughout the building, all the corridors, all 
the stairways, including the basement stairs, shall have a dado. 
In all the school rooms the dado will run to the height of the 
blackboards, where they occur, and to the height of the window 
stools around the remainder of the room. The teachers' room, 
all corridors, stairways, and closets shall have a dado four feet 
high. All the dado will have a plain bevelled base to show 8" 
above the upper floor and to run down through to the under 
floor, and will be made up of clear North Carolina pine sheath- 
ing y/' thick (full thickness after it is milled) in 3-inch widths, 
with the faces moulded strictly according to the detail. Dado 
coming under blackboards will be capped by the chalk rail ; 
and the remainder of the dado in the school rooms will have 
a cap like the window stool finish. All other dado will have 
a moulded cap about 6" wide. 

BLACKBOARD FINISH. 

Provide and set a moulded chalk rail with a three-inch mould- 
ed surbase at the bottom of the blackboards. The cap over the 
blackboard will have a freize about 8" wide capped with a 
moulding. 

BOOK CLOSETS. 

The book closets will be fitted up with shelving as directed by 

the superintendent. 

PICTURE MOULDING. 

Provide and put up 2-inch picture moulding in all the school 
rooms. 



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COAT SCREENS. 

Bnild coat screens in the corridors where indicated on the 
plans. Set 3" x 3" posts to run down through the under floors 
to the bottom of the floor timbers and to be firmly spiked. 
These posts will be cased with ^" stock. Between the posts 
will be a wide wood base with a cap on top, above the base 
open panels of heavy wire work with steel frames, surmounted 
with a wide wood f reize with moulded cap ; all to be about 
5'-6" high. 

BASEMENT WATER CLOSETS. 

Contractor shall build the screens for the basement water 
closets as indicated, of clear North Carolina pine. These 
screens will be stilted somewhat from the floor and will be 
constructed of %" sheathing in 3" widths, planed and beaded 
on both sides. The screens will have grooved bases to take the 
sheathing and will have neat moulded caps around the tops. 
Contractor to supply the door frames and doors for these 
closets. 

HANGING STRIPS. 

Provide and put up neat moulded hanging strips about 6 
inches wide entirely around each coat room, and put on the 
wardrobe hooks. 

SLATE BLACKBOARDS. 

The contractor shall furnish and set slate blackboards where 
indicated on the plans. Blackboards to be 35^ feet high and 
the slabs of slate are not to be less than 4 feet each in length, 
unless necessary on account of the space, and the pieces in each 
bay must be equal in length. Slate shall be ^" thick and shall 
be "Bangor" stock or equally as good and acceptable to the 
superintendent. All surfaces are to be finished in the most 
perfect manner. All joints and corners are to be squared, 
closely fitted and evenly ground. Set the blackboards in cement. 
All to be carefully jointed, firmly bedded, thoroughly secured 
to tlie walls and left in perfect condition on completion. 



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NEAT HARDWARH. 

An allowance of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars will be made 
for the neat hardware which is to be selected by the superin- 
tendent. This allowance is to be paid by the contractor. This 
hardware includes only the locks, knobs, escutcheons, hingfes, 
etc., for the doors, the window fasteners and lifts, and ward- 
robe hooks. 

SCREENS. 

When required, furnish cloth covered screens for the windows 
while the building is being plastered. 

ASSISTANCE. 

The general contractor shall render assistance to other me- 
chanics where reasonably required. Do all cutting, fitting and 
jobbing that is reasonably required in connection with the heat- 
ing and plumbing. 

ROLLWAY. 

Build the basement rollway as shown with heavy cleated doors, 
and build heavy plank steps for the same. 



PAINTING. 



PREPARING THE WORK. 

The contractor shall cause all the wood work to be perfectly 
cleaned before being filled. Putty up all nail heads of the out- 
side and inside finish using care to thoroughly match the putty 
in all natural wood finish. Sandpaper smoothly and clean out 
all mouldings and properly prepare all work before applying 
each coat. 

STOCK. 

All lead must be the best pure white lead of a brand satisfac- 
tory to the superintendent, and all oil shall be the best linseed 
oil. All varnish and stain shall be as specified and shall be de- 

livercf] on the jol) in the original packages for inspection. 



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PRIMING AND FILLING. 

Do all priming, staining and filling as soon as the woodwork 
is constructed. Prime the window frames (except the hard 
pine pulley stiles) before they are set. Hard pine pulley stiles 
shall be thoroughly oiled. 

COLORS. 

Colors of paints and stains shall be selected by the superin- 
tendent. 

EXTERIOR FINISH. 

Paint all exterior woodwork, including the sashes, but except- 
ing the porch ceiling and entrance door, three (3) coats of lead 
and oil paint. 

CLAPBOARDS. 

Paint all clapboards two (2) coats of the best lead and oil 
paint. 

OUTSIDE DOORS AND CEILING. 

The outside doors and the porch ceiling shall receive three (3) 
coats of the best Spar Varnish. 

INTERIOR FINISH. 

All the inside finish including the doors shall be stained to 
the satisfaction of the superintendent, the stain to be of a make 
which is satisfactory to the owner. After being stained all this 
finish shall receive three (3) coats of best varnish, of a make 
which is satisfactory to the owner. First two coats shall be 
rubbed down smooth and the final coat shall be lightly rubbed 
with pumice and oil for a dull finish. 

SASH. 

All the sash on the inside of the building shall be stained to 
match the other finish and then be varnished three (3) coats as 
specified above. 



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FLOORS. 

All the hardwood floors throughout the building shall receive 
two coats of the best linseed oil and turpentine. The oil and 
turpentine to be mixed in the proportion of two parts oil to 
one of turpentine. 



HEATING AND VENTILATING. 

SYSTEM. 

The school rooms are heated by warm air furnished by heat- 
ers set in the basement. The corridors, teachers' room, boys' 
basement, and girls' basement are heated by direct steam fur- 
nished by a cast iron steam boiler set in the basement. The 
school rooms are ventilated by registers set at the floor level 
and connected, by separate flues with the roof ventilator, each 
flue having a 20 ft. steam coil to accelerate the draught. 

HOT AIR HEATERS. 

Furnish and install as shown two hot air heaters of a make 
which is satisfactory to the owner. The heaters shall have a 
capacity which is guaranteed to furnish to each school room 
1,200 cubic feet of air per minute and maintain the temperature 
at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, when the outside temperature is zero. 
Each heater shall be connected to the chimney with smoke pipe, 
of the required size, made from No. 24 galvanized iron. The 
heaters shall be complete in every respect. 

GALVANIZED IRON WORK. 

Furnish and erect all the galvanized iron work necessary to 
complete the job. Each school room will have a warm air flue 
extending from the heater to the top of the register opening. 
Each school room will have a ventilating flue extending from 
the floor of each room to the roof ventilator by a separate pipe. 
There will be return pipes as shown for rotating the air. 
Each flue shall have a quarter turn behind each register. All 
flues shall have dampers as specified under another item. All 



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this galvanized iron work shall be No. 26 gauge, strongly 
riveted to make a tight job, and firmly secured. All to be made 
according to detail. 

DAMPERS. 

Each warm air flue for each school room shall have a gal- 
vanized iron mixing damper as shown, set in an iron frame and 
properly balanced ; to be controlled by chains running up and 
out into the rooms through special brass pulleys ; there will be 
two chains for each room marked "warm" and "cold." EacIT 
ventilating flue shall have a damper, operated in an approved 
manner, so that it may be closed if desired. 

REGISTER GRILLS. 

The warm air inlets and vent outlets, shall be fitted with 
grills made of i-i6"x^" metal with i^" open mesh, quarter 
twist where the bars cross, with the ends of the bars scrolled. 
They are to be made on metal angle frames and fastened in 
place with round head brass screws. The grills shall be fin- 
ished in bronze. 

FLOOR REGISTERS. 

Furnish and put in floor registers where shown. They shall 
be of the sizes marked on the plans. 

STEAM BOILER. 

Furnish and install a cast iron steam boiler of a standard 
make which is satisfactory to the owner. Boiler shall be rated 
for 800 feet of radiation. To be connected with the chimney 
by a smoke pipe made from No. 24 galvanized iron. Cover 
the boiler with plastic asbestos, to cover at least one inch thick. 
Boiler shall be complete in every respect. 

PIPING. 

Furnish and install all the necessary pipe, valves, and fittings 
and make all connections with the boiler, radiators, basement 
ceiling circulations and asperating coils in the ventilating flues. 
Put in all necessary supply and return pipes, all to be carefully 



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graded, propcrl}- proportioned and of ample size to insure quick 
circulation, and freedom from noise and hammering when in 
use. All pipe to be of standard sizes and weights, straight and 
round. All fittings to be made of heavy gray iron, with heavy 
beads and clean threads tapped to a gauge. All pipe to be sup- 
ported by strong iron hangers, put up so as to allow for expan- 
sion. Use nickel floor and ceiling plates where the pipes pass 
tlirough the floors. 

R.^DFATION. 

Furnish and set radiators for the corridors and teachers' 
room, circulations of 1 14" pipe on the ceiling for the boys' 
basement and girls' basement (75 feet of radiation for each 
basement), and pipe coils for each ventilating flue (20 feet of 
radiation for each flue). Radiators to be of a standard make 
selected by owners. The sizes of the radiators are noted on the 
plans. All radiators to be neatly bronzed. 

VAU'BS. 

Each radiator and circulation shall have standard radiator 
valves vrith unions, and each shall have a standard make globe 
bottom automatic air valve, and in addition to the automatic 
valves, each shall have a positive air valve. 



PLUMBING. 

SOIL PIPE. 

Furnish and put in all the soil pipe which is necessary to 
complete the work. All soil pipe shall be extra heavy cast iron 
pipe. Connect with the sewer pipe, which will be put in by the 
owner, at a point 5 feet outside the cellar wall and carry a 4" 
pipe to the inside face of the cellar wall, at which point insert 
a 4" running trap with brass screw cover. On the inner side of 
the trap put in a fresh air inlet of 4" pipe terminating above 
grade outside the building where directed. 

Continue the 4" soil pipe and run branches of 4" pipe to 
drain every fixture including two cellar drain traps, except that 



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the branches to the sinks will be 2" pipe. The soil pipe shall 
be continued on up through the building by the teachers' room 
and up to a point three feet above the roof where directed. 
Leave Y outlets of proper size for all fixtures. Soil pipe shall 
be provided with cleanouts at each angle and for every 25 
feet of horizontal pipe ; each cleanout on the basement floor 
to have a pipe case with an iron cover. Connect lead wastes 
in the best manner, using brass ferules. All joints shall be 
caulked perfectly tight with pig lead and oakum. All pipe shall 
be firmly secured with strong iron holdfasts. 

CELLAR DRAINS. 

Furnish and set where directed in the basement, two cellar 
drain traps with brass screw covers and connect the same with 
the soil pipe. 

COLD WATER SUPPLY. 

Connect with the water service outside the cellar wall by a 
I -inch galvanized iron pipe. Furnish and connect a stop and 
waste of proper size with couplings for shut-ofif at cellar wall. 
Continue this pipe and branch to the different fixtures with 
galvanized iron pipe. Each separate set of fixtures shall have 
a separate branch of i" pipe. Each branch shall have a sepa- 
rate stop and waste cock. In addition to the branches to the 
dififerent sets of fixtures there will be a branch to the steam 
boiler and branches to the two sill cocks. 

WATER CLOSETS. 

Furnish and set water closet combinations where shown. The 
bowls shall be heavy vitreous china, syphon action. The tanks 
shall be oak, lined with 14 oz. soft rolled tinned copper, and 
fitted with ball cocks and flush valves. The seats to be quar- 
tered oak, hung to the bowls with heavy nickel plated bar 
hangers. All exposed pipe shall be nickel plated. Each water 
closet shall have a local ventilating pipe, all local ventilating 
pipes to be united into a large pipe connected with the chimney. 
Each water closet shall have a dished slate floor slab. 



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URINALS. 

Furnish and set up complete a sectional slate urinal as shown. 
This urinal shall have a floor slab, back, ends, and partings of 
slate. The floor slab shall be 3" thick dished to a urinal drain. 
The other slabs shall be i" thick and five feet high. The part- 
ings shall be cut out on the inside at the bottom in the usual 
manner. The slate shall be black slate finished perfectly 
smooth, free from all defects. Each section shall be in one 
whole slab. Urinals shall have a capping slab across the top. 
Each section of slate shall be rebated together and secured three 
times in the height with heavy brass angles and bolts, nickel 
plated. All holes in the slate work for fixtures, pipes, bolts, 
etc., shall be cut accurately from diagrams and measurements 
furnished by the plumber. All slate work shall be set by the 
contractor and left in perfect condition ready for use. The 
urinal bowls shall be lip urinals, set low for grammar grade 
with nickel plated urinal traps. The urinal bowls shall be 
flushed from an oak tank of the required size ; this tank shall 
be fitted with an automatic adjustable valve (by this arrange- 
ment the janitor can flush the bowls automatically at any desired 
intervals). All exposed piping in connection with the urinals 
and tank shall be nickel plated brass pipe (iron pipe size). 

LAVATORIES. 

Furnish and set lavatories where shown on the plans. Sup- 
ply and waste pipes shall be nickel plated brass pipe, supply 
pipes to be iron pipe size. Trap shall be a nickel plated brass 
non-syphoning trap. Basin cocks shall be nickel plated, self- 
closing, of approved pattern. 

TRAPS. 

Every fixture shall be trapped in the best manner. Every 
trap shall be back vented into the soil pipe above the highest 
fixture, excepting the lavatories which have non-syphoning 
traps. The soil pipe branches to the water closets in the base- 
ment may be trapped at the ends where they enter the main 
drain, and carried up the full size and tied into the vertical 
branch to serve as a general vent. 



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SILL COCKS. 

Furnish and set where directed two sill cocks and connect the 
same with the water supply by a galvanized iron pipe. Sill 
cocks shall be of the best pattern, nickel plated. Each sill cock 
shall have a separate stop and waste. 

FITTINGS. 

Furnish all pipe fittings and all other fittings required, of the 
very best quality, to make a perfect job, without any extra 
charge. 

TEST. 

After all the iron soil pipe and waste pipes have been put in 
and after all branches possible have been connected thereto, 
the ends shall be sealed up and the piping left filled with water 
until approved by the superintendent. After the work is com- 
pleted it will be given either the peppermint or the smoke test 
and any defects shall be made good before the work is accepted. 

EXCAVATING AND CUTTING. 

The contractor shall excavate all trenches, refill and tamp the 
same and remove all superfluous soil from the basement. Cut 
all openings that may be required in the stone and brick walls, 
and repair the same after the work is completed. Do all cut- 
ting in the woodwork, and repair any plastering that may be 
broken by installing the fixturps. 



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